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An illustration of a hummingbird kissing a blooming flower under a ceiba tree, K’iche’ Maya folktale.

The Hummingbird and the Flower Maiden

November 1, 2025
Long ago, when the earth was young and the gods still walked among rivers and hills, there lived a maiden of great beauty and gentleness in the lush valleys of the K’iche’ Maya. Her eyes shone like the surface of sacred cenotes, and her laughter echoed through the forest like
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Maya rain god Chaac and a celestial serpent bring rain to villagers offering gifts at a sacred cave.

The Rain God Chaac and the Serpent of the Sky

November 1, 2025
Long ago, in the emerald lands of the Maya, where ceiba trees touched the clouds and sacred cenotes opened like windows to the underworld, there was a time when the rains ceased to fall. The maize fields withered under the sun’s cruel gaze. Rivers shrank to shallow veins of mud.
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An illustration of Tezcatlipoca transforming Tata and Nene into dogs after the Great Flood, Aztec folktale.

The Flood and the Rebirth of Humanity

November 1, 2025
Long before the world we know, the gods shaped and reshaped creation through countless ages, each ruled by a different Sun. The first Sun burned too fiercely, the second froze the earth in silence, and the third ended in wind so fierce it scattered people like leaves. Then came the
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A young Inuit girl dreaming before the towering Ice Giants under aurora lights, with the first igloo glowing in the distance. Inspired by an Inuit folktale from the Eastern Arctic.

The Ice Giants and the First Igloo

November 1, 2025
Long ago, before the world knew comfort and shelter, the wind ruled the land of snow. It roared over the tundra, lifting icy powder into the sky and sculpting mountains of white that shifted with every storm. In those days, the Inuit people lived in tents of stretched skins, their
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How the Owl Brought Rest to Humankind

November 1, 2025
In the ancient days, when the first people walked upon the frozen earth and the stars were still finding their places in the sky, humankind did not know the meaning of rest. From the moment of their birth, their eyes remained open. They spoke, worked, hunted, and sang without pause.
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